Plans to release prisoners early ‘endangers domestic abuse victims’
Fears have been raised that plans to release prisoners on short sentences up to two months early leave victims of domestic abuse at grave risk.
It comes after the Justice Secretary announced inmates could be released from prison two months early in a bid to tackle the overcrowding crisis gripping jails.
In the wake of a written statement to the House of Commons by minister Alex Chalk on Monday evening, the Ministry of Justice said prisons would have the licence to release so-called “low-level offenders” up to 35 days before their sentences are due to end.
